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Robbie Reiser

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|

name = Robert John Reiser |

birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|27}}{{cite web |title=Driver's Information |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Robbie_Reiser |access-date=August 28, 2018}} |

birth_place = Allenton, Wisconsin, U.S. |

Best_Busch_Pos = 30th (1995) |

Busch_Top_Tens = 1 |

First_Busch_Race = 1993 Havoline 250 (Milwaukee) |

Last_Busch_Race = 1997 Moore's Snacks 250 (Bristol) |

awards = 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship crew chief |

Years_In_Busch = 5 |

Total_Busch_Races = 29 |

Busch_Wins = 0 |

Busch_Poles = 0 |

| Total_Truck_Races = 3

| Years_In_Truck = 1

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos =

| Prev_Truck_Year =

| Best_Truck_Pos = 65th (1996)

| First_Truck_Race = 1996 Sears Auto Center 200 (Milwaukee)

| Last_Truck_Race = 1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

}}

Robert Reiser (born June 27, 1963) is an American former crew chief and a general manager for RFK Racing. Reiser is the son of Alice and John Reiser, who served as general manager for Roush Racing's Busch and Craftsman Truck series race shops.

Career

File:Robbie Reiser Late Model.jpg

Reiser started racing on the short tracks of Wisconsin. In 1984, he began driving late models. He won 14 different track, area and regional championships from 1990 to 1992. From 1993 to 1997 his racing career culminated as a driver/owner in the NASCAR Busch Series.

=Crew chief=

In 1997, Reiser decided to stop his racing career in the Busch Grand National Series, he put snowmobile racer Tim Bender in his car. Bender got hurt after the eighth race at Texas, so he put his former Wisconsin competitor Matt Kenseth in the drivers seat until Bender recovered. Reiser lost the 1994 late model track championship at Madison International Speedway to Kenseth. Kenseth was quickly successful. Then Reiser and Kenseth combined for a second-place finish in 1998 and a third-place finish in 1999. In 2000, Jack Roush hired Kenseth, Reiser, and their entire Busch team to run full-time in Winston Cup. The combination was again successful. They rapidly moved up the final points each year. In 2003 Kenseth and Reiser dominated to win the final Winston Cup championship as driver/crew chief. With Reiser from 2000 to 2007, Kenseth won 16 races. In 2008, Reiser served as interim crew chief for Carl Edwards, helping Edwards win at Texas Motor Speedway.{{cite web|last=Bruce|first=Kenny|url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/19/carl-edwards-roush-fenway-racing-return-to-form-in-2014.html|title=EDWARDS POISED FOR RETURN TO FORM AFTER SWOON|publisher=NASCAR|date=January 18, 2014|access-date=January 19, 2014}}

=General manager=

Near the end of the 2007 season, Reiser was named the general manager for all five of Roush Fenway Racing's Nextel/Sprint Cup teams. His last race as crew chief was the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida, which became the second victory of the season for driver Matt Kenseth.

Reiser was relieved of his duties as RFR GM on November 22, 2016.{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Lee|url=http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/robbie-reiser-out-as-general-manager-of-roush-fenway-racing-852859/|title=Robbie Reiser out as general manager of Roush Fenway Racing|publisher=Motorsport.com|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2016}}

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Busch Grand National Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=42| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! {{Tooltip|NBGNSC|NASCAR Busch Grand National Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

1993

! rowspan=5| Reiser Enterprises

! 71

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| ROU

| MAR

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| MYB

| GLN

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
21

| TAL

| IRP

| MCH

| NHA

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| ROU

| CLT

| MAR

| CAR

| HCY

| ATL

| colspan=2|

! 92nd

! 100

! {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1993/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 1994

! rowspan=4| 17

| DAY

| CAR

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MAR
DNQ

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HCY
24

| BRI

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU
DNQ

| NHA

| NZH

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| DOV

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MYB
21

| GLN

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SBO
26

| TAL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HCY
23

| colspan=1|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
25

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
31

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| MAR

| CAR

| colspan=2|

! rowspan=2| 48th

! rowspan=2| 735

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1994 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1994/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

Pontiac

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
35

| colspan=9|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MLW
30

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IRP
29

| colspan=10|

1995

! Chevy

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
38

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| RCH
DNQ

| ATL

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSV
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
42

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HCY
28

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NHA
DNQ

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NZH
30

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
17

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MYB
16

| GLN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW
36

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
18

| SBO

| IRP

| MCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
24

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
37

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
33

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOM
23

| colspan=4|

! 30th

! 1444

! {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1995 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1995/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 1996

! rowspan=2| Ford

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| NSV

| DAR

| BRI

| HCY

| NZH

| CLT

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DOV
DNQ

| SBO

| MYB

| GLN

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MLW
18

| NHA

| TAL

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| colspan=7|

! rowspan=2| 81st

! rowspan=2| 109

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1996 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1996/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

Stricklin Racing

! 28

| colspan=23|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
DNQ

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CAR
DNQ

| HOM

| colspan=4|

1997

! Reiser Enterprises

! 17

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| RCH

| ATL

| LVS

| DAR

| HCY

| TEX

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
41

| NSV

| TAL

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| SBO

| GLN

| MLW

| MYB

| GTY

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| CLT

| CAL

| CAR

| HOM

! 116th

! 40

! {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1997 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1997/B/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! {{Tooltip|NCTC|NASCAR Craftsman Truck classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1996

! rowspan=2| Mueller Brothers Racing

! 4

! rowspan=2| Chevy

| HOM

| PHO

| POR

| EVG

| TUS

| CNS

| HPT

| BRI

| NZH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MLW
26

| LVL

| I70

| IRP

| FLM

| GLN

| NSV

| colspan=8|

! rowspan=2| 65th

! rowspan=2| 288

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|title=Robbie Reiser – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/reisero01/1996/C/|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 10, 2023}}

42

| colspan=16|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
22

| NHA

| MAR

| NWS

| SON

| MMR

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO
19

| LVS

References

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External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Robbie_Reiser}}
  • {{Racing-Reference owner|Robbie_Reiser}}
  • {{Racing-Reference crewchief|Robbie_Reiser}}

{{RoushRacing}}

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Category:1963 births

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